Apple lifts India MacBook and iPad prices by Rs 10,000-70,000 as memory costs surge
Apple has repriced its India MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPad Air and iPad Pro line-ups, with the MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 jumping Rs 70,000 to Rs 2,39,900 and iPad Air 11-inch M4 rising Rs 25,000 to Rs 89,900. The brand cited soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by AI data centre demand, signalling premium-tier inflation heading into the festive cycle.
Apple has raised India prices on MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPad Air and iPad Pro, with hikes ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 70,000, citing surging memory and storage chip costs driven by AI data center demand.
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Follows Apple's earlier flagged 15-20% India Mac and iPad hike plan and parallel global Mac, iPad and HomePod price increases of 10-55% tied to the AI-driven memory chip squeeze.
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